The drilling fluids laboratory has a 62 m2 working areaand is equipped with a ventilation hood. The lab serves for instructional purposes for PET 322 Drilling Laboratory course as well as for the research purposes to our graduate students and the faculty. The objectives of the undergraduate drilling lab course are

To inform the students about the primary functions of drilling fluid

To introduce the test procedures for controlling the properties of drilling fluid

To introduce the common additives used to obtain the desirable properties under various drilling conditions